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#B111EA

#b111ea ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#b111ea is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 69.41% red, 6.67% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.36% cyan, 92.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 284.24°, with 86.45% saturation and 49.22% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and call-to-action buttons. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.08:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.6.

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Web safe#9900ff
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Relative luminance0.1569

Complementary

  1. #b111ea
  2. #4aea11

Split complementary

  1. #b111ea
  2. #b7ea11
  3. #11ea45

Analogous

  1. #4511ea
  2. #b111ea
  3. #ea11b7

Triadic

  1. #b111ea
  2. #eab111
  3. #11eab1

Tetradic

  1. #b111ea
  2. #ea114a
  3. #4aea11
  4. #11eab1

Square

  1. #b111ea
  2. #ea4511
  3. #4aea11
  4. #11b7ea

Monochromatic

  1. #45075b
  2. #7b0ca3
  3. #b111ea
  4. #c955f3
  5. #e09cf8

Shades

#b111ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b111ea
  2. #9f0fd3
  3. #8e0ebb
  4. #7c0ca4
  5. #6a0a8c
  6. #590975
  7. #47075e
  8. #350546
  9. #23032f
  10. #120217
  11. #000000

Tints

#b111ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b111ea
  2. #b929ec
  3. #c141ee
  4. #c858f0
  5. #d070f2
  6. #d888f5
  7. #e0a0f7
  8. #e8b8f9
  9. #efcffb
  10. #f7e7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b111ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b111ea
  2. #ac1cdf
  3. #a727d5
  4. #a232ca
  5. #9d3dc0
  6. #9949b5
  7. #9454aa
  8. #8f5fa0
  9. #8a6a95
  10. #85758b
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6e6e6e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e57ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0067ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #0071e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #aa568a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6152ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #705ae8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ad44b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b111ea {
  color: #b111ea;
}
Background
.bg-b111ea {
  background-color: #b111ea;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-b111ea {
  border: 2px solid #b111ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b111ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 177 17 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 284 86% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b111ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b111ea, #ea11b7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b111ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(177 17 234 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.60 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 4.10 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 4.93 #8a2be2 Blue Violet ΔE 6.15 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 6.31 #9400d3 Dark Violet ΔE 6.59 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 9.79 #4eee15 Inverted #6e6e6e Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#b111ea  rgb(177, 17, 234)  hsl(284, 86%, 49%)  Electric Purple
#4aea11  rgb(74, 234, 17)  hsl(104, 86%, 49%)  Neon Green
#eab111  rgb(234, 177, 17)  hsl(44, 86%, 49%)  Meat Brown
#11eab1  rgb(17, 234, 177)  hsl(164, 86%, 49%)  Caribbean Green